Harness-tool



e UNITED STATES lPATENT OFFICE.

JAMES CUNNINGHAM, OF DUSHORE, PENNSYLVANIA.

HARNESS-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentiNo. 491,086, dated February7, 1893.

Application tiled July 2, 1892. Serial No. 438.772. (No model.)

To all z uwm it may concern:

ing-Horses and for other Purposes; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in supports for stitchingl horseclamps and other purposes, and has for its object to simplify andcheapen the construction of such a de vice, and to provide for the readyattachment and detachment of the clamp so that the support may be usedfor other purposes.

The device is particularly well adapted for the use of farmers andothers inasmuch as it admits of the sewing clamp being readily removedand replaced by some other tool orimplement used in the trade.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as mayhereinafter appear the invention consists in the construction and thecombination of parts hereinafter particularly described and thenspecifically dened by the claims, reference being had to theaocornpanying drawings forming a part hereof, and in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of the support and stitching clamp, with parts insection; Fig. 2 is a perspective of the head plate or holder for thestitching clamp, the clamp being removed to illustrate how the headplate or holder may be used as an anvil if desired, and Fig. 3 is aperspective of the stitching clamp showing it attached to the head plateor holder.

In the drawings the letter A designates a plate into which is screwedthe lower end of the shaft or standard B preferably of tubular form andhaving at its upper end a socket piece C through the wall of whichpasses a thumb or set screw D designed to hold in the socket the shank Eof the head plate or holder F, or the shank of any other implement forinstance a last, or anvil of any approved pattern now used. The headplate or holder F besides having a shank and the fiat face illustratedis also provided with a downwardly extending flange G so that the headplate not only has a flat horizontal surface for such uses as it maybevdesired to employ it for but also a side or-vertical face which maybe useful for various purposes in the trade obvious to those skilled inthe art- The head plate or holder constructed as described may be saidto constitute an anvil having a horizontal and a'vertical face so thattwo faces are thus given to the anvil thereby making it more useful andsusceptible of more uses than if it had but one face.

This head plate or holder besides constituting an anvil also affords abase or'support for a stitching horse clamp indicated by the referenceletter H. The horizontal plate of the head plate or holder is formedalong one edge with a series of apertures I for the passage of bolts tosecure the movable jaw J of the clamp to the head plate by means of ahinge K. holder is also provided with a series of apertures L to receivebolts which will secure the stationary jaw M of the clamp to the'headplate. This side flange Gis thus made to afford an extended bearingsurface for the stationary jaw so that the same may be strongly andrigidly secured in place. A threaded rod N passes from the rigid jawthrough a slotted opening in the movable jaw and a nut with a handle Oworking on the threaded end of this rod serves to adjust the movable jawso as to clamp or release the article to be stitched.

It will be observed that under the construction described a stroug andfirm head plate or base for the stitching horseclamp is afforded, andthat by simply unscrewing the nuts and removing the bolts'the clamp canbe detached from the head plate and the latter be used as an anvil orfor the attachment of other tools or implements. The construction alsoadmits of the base, the shaft or standard, and the tool supportedtherein to be all readily detached from one another and compactly storedin a small space all packed for transportation.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits what I claim is:-

The side flange G of the head plate or IOO formed with a socket at itsupper end, of the head plate formed of the horizontal and dependingplates and the shank, and the stitching clamp having its movable jawsecured to the horizontal plate and its rigid jaw secured to thevertical plate, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES CUNNINGHAM.

Witnesses:

F. V. THOMSON, F. M. ROGERS.

